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New Milford, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Rootstown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44272. It stands on New Milford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Atwater quadrangle.

New Milford within Portage County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Milford, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of New Milford, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

4,242 words on this township

History of Portage County, Ohio, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Rootstown Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The school biiilding at Rootstown was erected in 1884 at a cost of about $3,400. This is a two-story structiu'e, slated; close to it is the Congregational Church. The old Methodist Church here was restored about ten years ago. The only mercantile house at the Center is that of G. W. Bow. At New Milford a general store is conducted by L. F. Pike. At New Milford or Rootstown Station, a grist and flouring-mill was founded years ago. It is now operated by F. P. Root. The capacity is about seventy-five barrels.

Passage source: History of Portage County, Ohio, published 1885.

Rootstown is one of the best townships in the county, and is populated by a thrifty, industrious class of citizens. The soil is very productive, and in addition to the usual farm crops considerable dairying is done, and its cheese interests are gradually growing in importance. The country is well watered, having besides the numerous small streams, several lakes, or large ponds. Two of the larger, Sandy and Muddy Lakes are favorite resorts during the summer season. Muzzy and Ward's ponds are the other two. The township is well supplied with schools, and the standard of education of the citizens is much above the average. The Center is a very thriving little village, and considerable business is transacted there, but it lies about one mile and a half west of New Milford, the station of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh branch of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, a portion of the great Pennsylvania system of railroads. During the struggle for the maintenance of the Union, Rootstown sent to the front fifty-seven of her best sons, eleven of whom were either killed or died in the service.

Passage source: History of Portage County, Ohio, published 1885.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Rootstown Township.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 692 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 692 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Milford between 1880 and 1975: 422 Animalia, 232 Plantae, 31 Fungi, 5 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. F. Clewell, A. K. Wyatt and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.1904Rood, Almon N.; Roscoe J. WebbFreedom Twp
Specimen of Frankiella alni (Woronin) Maire & A.TisonFrankiella alni (Woronin) Maire & A.Tison1910Rankin; H.H. Whetzel
Specimen of Stereum frustulatum (Pers.) Fr.Stereum frustulatum (Pers.) Fr.1910H.H. Whetzel
A photograph of the species Icterus galbula, not of this specimenIcterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)1880Collection of R. SpiresAtwater, Near
A photograph of the species Colaptes auratus, not of this specimenColaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 18981883John C. CatlinRavenna
A photograph of the species Dolichonyx oryzivorus, not of this specimenDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)1883John C. CatlinRavenna
A photograph of the species Lepidozia reptans, not of this specimenLepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort.1884Czekaj
A photograph of the species Glaucomys volans, not of this specimenGlaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus, 1758)1889C. P. StreatorRavenna
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio
A photograph of the species Cambarus propinquus, not of this specimenCambarus propinquus Girard, 18521893WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio
A photograph of the species Esox americanus, not of this specimenEsox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio

All 692 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Milford: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sober PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Twin Lakes Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Portage County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Milford in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2014Flash FloodNew Milford$30,000Heavy rainfall around 2 per hour caused the Plum Creek to come out of it's banks and flood Tallmadge Road. Law enforcement reported fish remaining on the road after the creek returned to it's banks. The road was reopened around 2 am. Several basements flooded in the area.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Milford$10,000Trees were downed.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Milford-Tree downed along Tallmadge Road, just east of Sandford Road, about five-miles SSE of Ravenna.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Milford-Large tree downed at Gower Road and New Milford Road in Rootstown.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Milford-Tree downed along I-76 about four-miles SSE of Ravenna. Damage was caused by outflow-dominant showers.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Milford-Trees downed and some snapped at residence along New Milford Road, between Cook and Wilkes Roads, in Rootstown area.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Milford-Numerous trees downed along Industry Road, just north of Tallmadge Road, in Rootstown area.
March 2020HailNew Milford-Social media report with picture of 2 diameter hail. Location was 0.5 miles north of I-76 on New Milford Road in Rootstown area.

Every storm recorded in Portage County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Valley Hills1.4 miles18
Rootstown1.5 miles18
Industry2.2 miles18
Campbellsport2.3 miles15
Hamlet Park3.5 miles15
Edinburg3.7 miles18
Ravenna3.9 miles15
Fair Acres3.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061170. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.